Proverbs 10:5 - Exposition

He that gathereth the harvest into the barn at the right season. The idea of husbandry is continued from the preceding verse. Son is here equivalent to "man," the maxim being addressed to the young. That sleepeth; literally, that snoreth ; Vulgate, qui stertit ( 4:21 ). A son that causeth shame. The phrase is found in Proverbs 17:2 ; Proverbs 19:26 ; Proverbs 29:15 . The Septuagint has, "The son of understanding is saved from the heat; but the sinful son is blasted by the wind in harvest."